Lady&#39;s handbag



M. KAUFMAN.

LADY'S HANDBAG. APPLICATIONHLED JULY 31, 1920.

Patented Apr. 26, 1921.

UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

MAX KAUFMAN, 0F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK. i

LADYS HANDBAG.

reac es.

The present invention relates to improvements in ladies hand bags, and it more particularly refers to a hand bag involving a novel construction of frame by the use of which exterior pockets or pouches of comparatively small dimensions are provided in conjunction with the bag in whlch to hold articles frequently and habitually used, such as car tickets, without requiring resort to the main bag.

An object of the invention is to provide one or more additional frames supplementing the main frame of a ladys hand bag to which fabric may be stitched or otherwise secured providing in effect a supplemental bag or pouch which lies exteriorly of the main bag sothat its contents may be removed without having to open the main frame.

At the present time such articles as car tickets or tokens, small change, powder puffs, mirrors, etc, are generally thrown indiscriminately into the main bag so that confusion is attended with the locating of any of these articles, and this condition is the source of much annoyance to the user of the bag.

It is, consequently, a further object of'the invention to provide a ladys hand bag the present invention contemplates the 'pIO- vision of an improved ladys hand bag. as above characterized and the novel form,

construction, and arrangement of its several parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and subsequently incorporated in the subjoined claims. a

In the drawin wherein I have illustrated one embodiment of the invention and in which similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented A 26 1921 I Application filed July 31, 1920. Serial No. 400,403.

- F1gure 1 is a perspective view of an improved ladys hand bag constructed in accordance with the present invention and shown in a closed position.

Flg. 2 1s a sectional view taken therethrough and showing one of the supplepnental pouches or pockets in an open posiion;

Ijig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with the mam frameof the bag open; and

F1g. 4 1s a perspective view of one of the supplemental frames detached and in open position.

Referring more particularly to the draw- 1ngs,'1 des1gnates the fabric of the main bag whlch is constructed after the present fash- 1on, and 2 and 3 represent the complemental sections of the main bag frame, hingedly connected at their lower ends as indicated at 4. This frame is not unlike the conventional bag frame and comprises the elongated pieces 5 from which depend at opposite ends the pairs of parallel legs 6 and 7.

The lower ends of the legs 6 and 7 are bent together at the hinged joint 4 so that the two sections of the main frame when clasped together give the general appearance of having a rectangular form in which one side of the rectangle is removed, this being filled in by the fabric 1 of the bag.

About the interior edges of the pieces 5 and legs 6 and 7 there are provided perforations 8 in which to receive the threads,

stitches, or other fastening means 9 by which the fabric 1 is secured to the main frame.

The pieces 5 of the two main frame sections are provided with flanges 10 and 11 which are bent over from the appropriate metal or other materialout of which the sections are made, so that the free edges of the flanges abut and form a tight joint.

I Similarly the legs of the main frame are supplied with flanges 12 and 13 which form continuations of the flanges 10 and 11 at the sides of the frame and which abut to,- gether to produce a tightly inclosed bag. 1 A clasp 14of the usual variety has its complemental parts carried respectively by the flanges 10 and 11 and provides for holding the frame closed until a suitable forceis applied thereto as by exerting a turning movement on the two members of the claspby the thumb and forefinger. Obviously, adifferent form of clasp might be employed.

The bail or handle 15 is shown in the having rings 16 and 17 at the ends thereof" dental displacement. Each supplemental frame is also preferably, though not necessarily, rectangular in form and is composed of parallel head and base pieces 24 and 25 respectively connected by parallal side rails 26 and 27 which are with advantage stamped or otherwise produced from a single piece of metal.

The base pieces 25 are providedwith integral or attached eyes 28 desi pintles 29 which also extend t of lateral eyes ends of the pintles and swinging thereon. The last-mentioned eyes are carried by clo sure frames 32 which are counterparts of the ed to carry rough pairs such dimensions that the closure frames pouches.

may be slipped within the supplemental frames, as-in the manner. illustrated in Fig.

3. I find it preferable to also make the clo-' sure frames of an open or skeleton construe tion and to both supplemental and closure' frames fabric of an appropriate kind is 'applied in any'suitable manner. For instance, 0th the supplemental and closure frames are perforated and receive the stitching or other fastening means'33 and 34 which passes through the edges of the fabric 35 and 36 employed to inclose the frames.

The fabric is preferably left loose especially in cases where more spacious pouches or pockets are required. Strips or pieces of fabric 37 and 38 aresewed or otherwise secured to the interior portions of the frames so that they provide with the outer fabric 35 and 36 compartments of desired capacities to hold designated articles.

The head pieces 24 of the supplemental frames are supplied with apertures 39 to receive the compressible glove fasteners 40 carried by the free parallel ends of the closure frames 32. Ornamental'handles .41 are attached to the fasteners or to the frames through which the user may exert the necessary pressure to remove the heads 40 from the apertures 39.

In use, a hand bag according to the invention presents the general appearance suggested in Fig. 1 where one section of the main framecarries two of the supplemental This is a preferred construction inasmuch as it affords suitable space in the four compartments thus provided in which to carry articles of general use, the service 30 and 31 received over the wardly openable mam frame, suspended therefrom,

of which is'frequent -and hasty. For inst'ance,-one of the compartments of a pouch may containcar tickets of tokens so as to hold them in a place separated from the confused articles in the larger bag body and where they may be extracted without annoyance and difficulty in congested places.

and avoid the trouble incident to searching through the large bag among numerous confused articles.

The hinged connection-0f the supplemental'pouches or frames with'the mainframe is desirable as suggested in Fig.3 to permit of the pouches swinging to one side when the main frame 1s opened, as otherwise the presence of the pouches would be apt to supplemental frames and are constructed of interfere with the proper opening of the main bag or with convenient access to the constructed as to reveal a wide spacev for clearly showing thecontents'of the pockets same. The hinged mounting'of the closure frames of the pouches is so arranged and tical embodiment of my invention whichhas been found to be very satisfactory, but it will be understood that the device may also be exemplified in numerous other alterative constructions, and that the size, relative pro-- portions, and construction of its several parts, are also susceptible of considerable modification. Accordingly, I reserve the privilege of resorting to all such legitimate changes as may befully embodied within the spirit and scope ofthe appended claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A ladys hand bag comprising a main frame openable at its top, a bag body secured to the main frame, a supplemental frame hinged at its top to the side of said main frame, a closure frame hinged at its lower end to thelow'er end of mental frame and adapted to be wardly thereagainst to provide a receptacle, and independent fastening means for said the suppleswung up-"'' i main and closure frames arranged at the.

tops thereof, whereby ready and-independent' access may be had to the interior of the bag body and the receptacle.

2. A ladys handbag comprising an upa bag body hinged at its upperend to the side of said a supplemental .frame main frame and depending'therefrom at the outer side of the bag body and adapted to swing outwardly upon the bulging of the bag body, and a closure frame hinged at its lower end to the lower end of the supple- 5 mental frame and adapted to swing upwardly thereagainst, said supplemental and closure frames providing a pocket therebetween, and said closure frame being of less dimensions than the supplemental frame whereby the closure frame may fit thereinto and 1 tightly close said pocket.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name hereunder.

X KAUFN. 

